It will be interesting to see how much further it will be possible for Apple to push their platform. I think the Jobs/Ive legacy that has pushed the thermals a

It will be interesting to see how much further it will be possible for Apple to push their platform. I think the Jobs/Ive legacy that has pushed the thermals ahead of raw compute had given them a massive headstart in the LLM age for both notebooks (obviously) but also desktop (less obviously). With the size of a normal 4090 heat sink the ATX platform is showing its age. The biggest element of any system is a series of huge heat sinks. The graphics card ends up being massive. You have support struts coming out. Giant power supplies. Bespoke connectors. Paying for RAM twice. Apple have a form factor people are comfortable with and haven’t set the bar too high with raw performance. They aren’t hindered by existing designs. The thermals are good. And you pay for it all in one.